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Vocal Lesson Two Working with the piano www.audiojackmusicians.com Sheet 1 of 4 Lesson Objectives: • To strengthen our vocal technique. • To develop our articulation through vowel exercises. • To develop our breath control. • To increase dexterity, accuracy and control. 01 Vowel sounds with the piano In this exercise, we’re warming up the voice and also developing our articula- tion and pronunciation. By using all five vowel sounds, this exercise helps us shape the notes we sing and correctly pronounce lyrics. A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U Etc.. Eb E F F# G Ab 02 Major Scale 5 note exercise This is a classic vocal warm-up: Ascend the first five notes of the Major scale and then drop back down. We’ve attached a ‘Z’ onto the start of each of the vowel sounds. Here are the first six examples that Natalie sings: Zee Zo Zoo Zaa Zee Zo etc... Content © AudioJackMusicians.com 2011 1 of 4
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Lesson Objectives:
• Tostrengthenourvocaltechnique.• Todevelopourarticulationthroughvowelexercises.• Todevelopourbreathcontrol.• Toincreasedexterity,accuracyandcontrol.
01 Vowel sounds with the piano
Inthisexercise,we’rewarmingupthevoiceandalsodevelopingourarticula-tionandpronunciation.Byusingallfivevowelsounds,thisexercisehelpsusshapethenoteswesingandcorrectlypronouncelyrics.
A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U
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Eb E F
F# G Ab
02 Major Scale 5 note exercise
Thisisaclassicvocalwarm-up:AscendthefirstfivenotesoftheMajorscaleandthendropbackdown.We’veattacheda‘Z’ontothestartofeachofthevowelsounds.HerearethefirstsixexamplesthatNataliesings:
Zee Zo
Zoo Zaa
Zee Zo etc...
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03 Breath Control
ThisexerciseusestheclassicMajorscalefive-notepattern,buthere,asweas-cendinpitch,welengthentheexercisebyrepeatingourphrase.Eachtimewemoveupasemitone,weaddonarepeat,sothebasicphraselookslikethis:
Asyoumoveupeachtime,singthefirsteightnotesaroundinacycle.Obviously,thefasteryousingthisphrase,themoretimesyoucanrepeatit,butforbreathcontrol,it’simportanttostrikeabalanceandtrytosinglong,fluidphrasesacrossasinglebreath.
04 Minor Scale Exercises
Inthisexercise,paycloseattentiontothenotelengths.(Shortinbarone,longinbarstwoandthree)Alsotakecaretogetthepitchingright–somanyvocalex-ercisesarebasedontheMajorscale,thatpitchingaminor3rdmayseemalittlealienatfirst.
Staccato Legato Arpeggio
05 The Chromatic Scale
TheChromaticscaleuseseverynote,soithasquiteanunusualsound.It’sveryrarethatyoufindsingersworkingontheChromaticscale(probablybecauseitcanbesotricky),soit’sagreatwaytobuildyourconfidenceandabilitywithpitching.
ThisisthebasicphrasethatNatalieusesfortheChromaticscaleworkout:
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06 Triad exercise
Triadsrequirelargerleapsbetweennotesthanscalepractice,soit’sgreatforourpitching.Makesuretousedifferentvowelsoundsforascendinganddescendingandbecarefulnottoslidebetweenthenotes.Targetingthenextnoteandhittingitrightonisimportantforbuildingvocalaccuracy.
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07 Chest and mixed voice
Thisisasimpleexerciseintermsofthenotesthatyousing,soreallyfocusonthesoundofyourvoice.We’reworkingoncreatingtherighttoneandfindingwaystomovesmoothlybetweenyourchest,mixedandheadvoice.
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10 Soul and pop warmup
Thisisagreatfunexercise.Alotofvocalexercisesarebasedonclassicalideas,soifyouaremoreofapoporsoulsinger,it’snicetowarmupwithsomethingthat’smoreinyourstyle.Thisexampleisagreatlinetouseforgroupwarm-upsifyousingaspartofachoirorsection.
Ev ery- time I get the opp or- tu- ni- ty- to warm up my voice
I'm gon na- warm it up warm it up
Ev ery- time iI get the opp or- tu- ni- ty- to warm up my voice
you're go nna- hear me say ye ah- ye ah- ye ea- eah
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11 Building Licks
Thesefinalexamplesaresimplephrases,usedtohelpbuilddexterityandac-curacy.Youcancreateyourownexercisestoo–themainthingstofocusonare:• Shortideas• Scaletypepatternswithsmallleaps• Fluidvocaldelivery• Goodpitching
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Thesephrases,oncepracticedcanbecomeanessentialpartofyourvo-cabulary,usedforimprovisingmelodiesordevelopingchorusad-libsattheendofasong.
